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In reply to the discussion: Boomers Bought Up the Big Homes. Now They're Not Budging. [View all]MissB
(15,946 posts)88. I have a home built in the early 1920s
And its just about 2300 sq ft, sitting on a half acre. Master on the main, can close off the upstairs if needed. Large living and dining room, kitchen on the small side.
My house is small for the neighborhood. Most of the nice old homes have been torn down and replaced by huge homes.
I dont see us leaving this house any way but feet first. We are the third owners.
Id love to own a smaller home but wed never be able to find the privacy we have here.
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I wouldn't be able to afford a smaller home. They're too expensive. Staying put.
LeftInTX
Apr 2024
#3
It disgusts me to think that our society is so calculating when it comes to our behavior.
Baitball Blogger
Apr 2024
#7
I am 81. House has 11 rooms, built in 1928. Mortgage is liquidated. It is probably worth $800k.
3Hotdogs
Apr 2024
#13
Oh for goodness sake! The WSJ always is ruled by sheer greed. I mean, listen to them!
PatrickforB
Apr 2024
#14
plenty of homes, its that 'location, location, location' mantra that screws things up
Traurigkeit
Apr 2024
#15
Absolutely, plus the article itself admits that even if the boomers
senseandsensibility
Apr 2024
#78
My oh my, that old trope returns. The last 2 times that home prices soared we were inundated with calls...
Hekate
Apr 2024
#19
What a stupid headline, like it was a Boomer conspiracy. Stoking the silly generation wars.
betsuni
Apr 2024
#21
I've been seeing a lot of boomer-hate tropes on social media for the past year or so
jmbar2
Apr 2024
#30
We live on a beautiful lake in Virginia. Our home has almost doubled in value since we
phylny
Apr 2024
#27
Your relative may want to invest in a second kitchen for harmony's sake, but beware of the codes...
Hekate
Apr 2024
#82
In 1950 the average home built had 983 sq. ft. My home was built in 1943 it is almost exactly
doc03
Apr 2024
#34
Yea it is our fault for not going to a nursing home and selling the houses we worked for cheaply so that
Chainfire
Apr 2024
#35
You can "downsize" without sacrificing your living space and that's what I did
Jersey Devil
Apr 2024
#39
We could do something similar except I would never, in a million years, leave a blue state for a red state. An yes,
Raftergirl
Apr 2024
#48
In unrelated news, billionaires are sitting on buttloads of money and won't give it up
Midnight Writer
Apr 2024
#45
We're happy w/ our choice and don't want to move. Why? We would have to face a higher mortgage rate
SWBTATTReg
Apr 2024
#60
My now 30 yr old son bought a townhome in Salem MA in Feb. 2021. Paid over ask, got good mortgage rate. Then
Raftergirl
Apr 2024
#73